Golf practice device

ABSTRACT

A device for practicing golf, including a contact engaging textile material surfaced pad adhered to the face of the head of a golf club, the strip or pad being marked with red lines so that the user can tell whether he hit the ball correctly. The device also includes a contact engaging textile material covered ball which will cling to the adhesive pad on the head of the golf club when contact is made with the covered ball. Also included is a tee formed from a strip having a contact engaging textile material on one surface thereof. When the strip is formed into a cylinder and a longitudinal edge of the strip is folded back up itself, the contact engaging textile material defines an end of a cylindrical tee and the tee is adapted to grip the ball or cling to a rug or carpet.

United States Patent 1 Louderback ]March 20, 1973 [54] GOLF PRACTICEDEVICE Charles R. Louderback, 8112 W. Morgan Avenue, Milwaukee, Wis.

22 Filed: Aprill2, 1971 [21] Appl.No.: 133,290

[76] Inventor:

[52] US. Cl. ..273/l86 E, 273/194 A, 273/196, 273/199 R, 273/208,273/210, 46/D1G. l [51] Int. Cl. ..A63b 69/36, A63b 57/00 [58] Field ofSearch ..273/183,186,l94,195, 33, 273/211, 212,199, 200, 196,197,198,208, 210; 46/DIG. l

[56] References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS Primary ExaminerGeorge .1.Mario Attorney-Harvey B. Jacobson [57] ABSTRACT A device for practicinggolf, including a contact engaging textile material surfaced pad adheredto the face of the head of a golf club, the strip or pad being markedwith red lines so that the user can tell whether he hit the ballcorrectly. The device also includes a contact engaging textile materialcovered ball which will cling to the adhesive pad on the head of thegolf club when contact is made with the covered ball. Also included is atee formed from a strip having a contact engaging textile material onone surface thereof. When the strip is formed into a cylinder and alongitudinal edge of the strip is folded back up itself, the contactengaging textile material defines an end of a cylindrical tee and thetee is adapted to grip the ball or cling to a rug or carpet.

1 Claim, 8 Drawing Figures PATENIi-iflmnzomu 3,721,447,

INVENTOR; CHARLES E. LOUDERBACK GOLF PRACTICE DEVICE This inventionrelates to golf practice devices, and more particularly to an adhesivecontact engaging textile pad and a contact engaging textile materialcovered ball for use with a golf club for practice purposes.

It is therefore the primary purpose of this invention to provide a golfpractice device which will include a contact engaging textile materialcovered ball which will cling to a similar adhesive pad to be secured tothe face of the head of the golf club.

Another object of this invention is to provide a golf practice device inaccordance with the preceding object wherein the pad will be scored withred lines, a horizontal one, a center line, a heel line and a toe line,thus enabling the golfer or beginner to know when he has struck the ballcorrectly, the ball clinging to the pad so as to indicate to the golferwhether they would have had a potential slice, hook, or a tendency totop the ball and enabling the beginner to adjust himself and his club toproduce a correct swing.

If the ball is hit on the toe or heel, it will indicate a slice or hook.If the ball is hit in the center, it would indicate a good hit. The ballmay be placed on a tee or the ground and when the golfer swings at theball and makes contact, the ball will adhere to the pad on the clubthereby making it obvious to the golfer where he has made contact inorder that he will make the necessary adjustment to correct his swing.

The device will enable the golfer to try again by merely pulling theball away from the pad.

A further object of this invention is to provide a golf practice devicewhich will be adaptable for use with the irons as well as to the woods.

A still further object of this invention is to provide a device of thetype described which when in use, will enable the golfer to put inextensive practice without having to pursue the ball and the device maybe applied or adapted to baseball or darts.

When applied to darts, the darts and the board will have similarcoacting surfaces so that the darts will adhere to the board.

Other objects of the present invention are to provide a golf practicedevice which is simple in design, inexpensive to manufacture, rugged inconstruction, easy to use and efficient in operation.

These and other objects will be readily evident upon a study of thefollowing specification and the accompanying drawing wherein:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the invention showing the ball clingingto the pad on the head of the golf club;

FIG. 2 is a face view of the golf club head showing the club inelevation;

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the adhesive pad before application tothe golf club head;

FIG. 4 is a view of a modified form of ball, the ball being shown inelevation;

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the material for forming a golf tee;

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the complete golf tee;

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing a covered golf ball in place on thetee, the tee being shown resting on a hard surface; and

FIG. 8 is a perspective view similar to that of FIG. 7, but showing thegolf tee inverted for engagement with a rug or like surface.

According to this invention, a golf practice device 10 is shown toinclude an adhesive pad 11 covered with contact engaging textilematerial such as Velcro and which is adhered to the golf club head 12 ofclub 13.

Referring now and more particularly to FIG. 3, the pad 11 includesplastic material 14 of the Velcro type which is carried upon an adhesivestrip 15.

Adhesive strip 15 prior to placing it upon club head 12, is covered witha protective cover 16 which may be peeled away in a well known manner sothat the exposed adhesive strip 15 may be applied to the face of thegolf club head 12. v r

In the material 14 area of strip 15 is printed a red horizontal line 17which is intersected by a vertical center line 18 which is spaced apartfrom a vertical heel line 19 and a vertical toe line 20, all of whichare red in color so as to provide a means for the beginner golfer toquickly determine what stroke was applied to the ball, a ball 21 beingcovered with a similar contact engaging textile material releasableengageable with the material l4ofthepadl1.

Looking now at FIG. 4 of the drawing, one will see a ball 21 similar toball 21, but which has a plurality of spaced apart slots 22 for enablingmore surface contact with the club head face.

It shall be noted that ball 21 or 21 may be completely or partiallycovered with a contact engaging textile material.

A golf tee 23 for covered balls 21 or 21 is shown to consist of a lengthof flexible material 2.4 of the contact engaging type and having afolded edge 25 and which, when having its ends secured together forms; acylindrical golf tee.

When golf tee 23 is used on a hard surface 26 as is shown in FIG. 7, theball 21 will hookingly engage the contact engaging material tee 23 whenball 21 is struck and therefore the golfer does not have to look for thetee 23.

When tee 23 is used on rug 27 or other similar surface, the contactengaging material portion is placed in contact with the mg or carpet andthe tee 23 will cling to the carpet 27 thus the player will not have tolook for the tee 23 after striking ball 21.

What I claim is:

1. In combination, a golf club including a head having a forwardlyfacing striking face, a pad covering at least the central area of saidstriking face and adhered thereto by means of an adhesive coating on theside surface of the pad in contact with the striking face, the oppositeside of the pad being defined by contact engaging textile material so asto releasably hookingly engage the portion of a textile surfaced ballstruck by said opposite side of said pad and releasably retain said ballin position on said pad, a generally spherical ball having a textilematerial outer surface with which said opposite side of said pad isreleasably engageable for retaining said ball in position on said padafter the ball is struck by said club, and a tee constructed of anelongated flexible strip of material having one side surface constructedof a contact engaging textile material, one longitudinal edge portion ofsaid strip being folded back upon itself to place the correspondingportion of said one side surface on the opposite side of the strip, andsaid strip being bent into cylindrical shape and having its end edgessecured together with said portion of said one side surface disposedoutermost.

1. In combination, a golf club including a head having a forwardlyfacing striking face, a pad covering at least the central area of saidstriking face and adhered thereto by means of an adhesive coating on theside surface of the pad in contact with the striking face, the oppositeside of the pad being defined by contact engaging textile material so asto releasably hookingly engage the portion of a textile surfaced ballstruck by said opposite side of said pad and releasably retain said ballin position on said pad, a generally spherical ball having a textilematerial outer surface with which said opposite side of said pad isreleasably engageable for retaining said ball in position on said padafter the ball is struck by said club, and a tee constructed of anelongated flexible strip of material having one side surface constructedof a contact engaging textile material, one longitudinal edge portion ofsaid strip being folded back upon itself to place the correspondingportion of said one side surface on the opposite side of the strip, andsaid strip being bent into cylindrical shape and having its end edgessecured together with said portion of said one side surface disposedoutermost.